Some local police departments have been issuing permits to carry concealed weapons for the past four years under a federal law allowing them to do so. But a host of other state and local agencies have been skittish about doing so because the Legislature has not guaranteed they would be immune from liability in a shooting or spelled out how to implement the federal law.
Among those declining to issue the permits are the Capitol Police, State Patrol, Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Bureau and University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department.